Henry Ward Beecher

Now comes the mystery.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A church debt is the devil's salary.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Never excuse yourself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A babe is a mother's anchor.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Ignorance is the womb of monsters.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The tree is but a huge boquet.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into

— Henry Ward Beecher

There is not a single heart but has its moments of longing.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

— Henry Ward Beecher

If we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.

— Henry Ward Beecher

One should go to sleep as homesick passengers do, saying, "Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Many people are afraid to embrace religion, for fear they shall not succeed in maintaining it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower…

— Henry Ward Beecher

It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup…

— Henry Ward Beecher

If a boy is not trained to endure and to bear trouble, he will grow up a girl; and a boy that…

— Henry Ward Beecher

His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Every city should make the common school so rich, so large, so ample, so beautiful in its endowments, and so fruitful in…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts…

— Henry Ward Beecher

We pray for those who have ceased to pray. We pray for those that need prayer more than ever, that have fewer…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Earthly love is a brief and penurious stream, which only flows in spring, with a long summer drought. The change from a…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Whenever education and refinement carry us away from the common people, they are growing towards selfishness, which is the monster evil of…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A week filled up with selfishness, and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will make a good Pharisee, but a poor…

— Henry Ward Beecher